DOI issue:
July to December, 1850
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16606#0085
PUNCH. OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
77
GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS FOE THE SEA-SIDE.
There are fashions for the Sea-side just in the same way as there are
fashions for the Opera, or for a wedding, or for a morning concert, or
for an evening party. These fashions are so broadly marked, that they
would produce the greatest consternation if worn anywhere else but at
the sea-side. A gentleman in sea-side costume, if seen walking down
Fleet Street, would be followed by a ragged regiment of little boys, and
saluted by the cads and conductors of every passing omnibus.
These fashions are distinguished by a kind cf easy laissez alter
maritime freedom and elegance. The trousers are ample, and flap about
like the sails of a ship. _ Straps are discarded. The chaussure is of a
slipper kind, so slippery that not unfrequently a shoe is left behind the
owner, imbedded in the sand. The fashionable colour is a buff, a colour
which causes the owner to be facetiously hailed by his acquaintance by
the name of buffer.
Chapeaux are rarely seen in the matinee. A straw hat of a nautical
OH WHERE, AND OH WHERE, IS THE AGED
TORTOISE GONE?
We have as yet seen no announcement of the appearance in public ol
the venerable tortoise who, it was expected, was about to make his
first appearance these hundred and ninety years in the Gardens of the
Zoological Society.
We cannot understand why the debut of this distinguished anima
has been delayed, unless it has been for the purpose of preventing any
interference with the "run" of the hippopotamus. We suspect that
the friends of the tortoise may have had something to do with the post-
ponement ; for the new candidate for public favour would in all proba-
bility be voted rather " slow " in a race with the sea-horse for the prize
of pubbc favour. Perhaps the tortoise may have not been able to come
to terms about a sufficiently permanent engagement to suit its very
longevital merit; for when we recollect that it is at present compara-
tively but " a young thing," though 190 years old, we cannot be sur-
shape and height, is the general ornament for the head. It is set off by I prised ?* }}S hAdng f?ims *? Tiake hay while,thei s}m ^fj, and to
a.black-band and under-lining, and, in windy weather, is fastened to the \ secur? m tne days of lts youth, the means of retreat for an old age that
right button-hole by a piece of green string.
The ties are also as free and as open as the sea. The throat is
a moitie dfcouvert, after the fashion of William, in Black-eyed Susan.
They are fastened in a loose knot, and the ends are allowed to coquet
(French style) with the idle breeze.
The shirts are very much after the counting-house ledger style. If
not ruled in red lines, they are in blue. The collars are large, and hang
down on the side a la poodle.
Waistcoats are not generally worn. The same remark applies to
braces ; or, if these latter are indulged in, they should be of a highly
floral decorative pattern, such as are exhibited for sale in tht Burlington
Arcade, but of course they must have been worked by the hand of
Love.
Coats are cut after the celebrated military shell-jacket pattern; that
is to say, without tails. They are like the coats worn by the gar cons in
the Erench cafes, but of course, without the accompanying napkin.
We have seen some of a light, grey, Portland stone couleur, but they
are too much a la mode of the footman in undress livery, and do not
look well, excepting on the back of a bold ferocious foreigner.
Walking sticks are vulgar. The prevailing substitute is - v ' f
telescope, sometimes fancifully slung round the neck by a black
sometimes playfully dangled in the main droite.
No gloves.
The walk must be of that quick, independent, springy step, the
peculiar gift of a captain walking his deck. The whole demeanour
seasoned with a dash of the salt which is found in the ocean.
The evening dress for the parade or the library is a frock-coat, of a
The words " Ereneh Invasion," used to be a bugbear, or rather a flea
in Engbsh ears, but we may now fairly say that the Invasion of England
by the French, has taken place under circumstances which the most
blustering of British bosoms would not rebel against. The invasion
may, in fact, be considered to be going on from week to week, though
one of the most dreaded instances happened a few days ago, when the
coast was invaded by no less than fourteen hundred French, who poured
into the Folkestone Railway Station, overrun the whole of the carriages,
and placed under contribution to their service the whole resources of the
South Eastern Company. On the arrival of the invading party at the
London Bridge Terminus, they deluged the platform, inundated the
colour not too gay, not too sombre, but a soft medium between the cab st^A' ?verflowed the omnibuses and pressed into their service
two, like an autumnal twilight. Trousers of a summer complexion, and ferything m the shape of a vehicle that was available The porters
promises to be rather durable.
We have not yet heard whether the day is fixed for the tortoise to
come out; but as two attractions can scarcely ever command success
at the same time, we should recommend either that the hippopotamus
should accept some provincial engagement, or that the tortoise should
go through a round of his performances in the country, previous to his
debut before a London audience. We have heard there will be some
difficulty in getting the hippopotamus, who is a good deal puffed up
with popular applause—to divide the " business " with the new comer,
who, on his part refuses flatly to appear as a sort of walking gentleman,
while the hippopotamus is doing all the light eccentric comedy of the
Regent's Park establishment.
THE FRENCH INVASION.
a well-assorted waistcoat, to keep them in a contented countenance.
Hat a la Kensington Gardens; and a pair of polished boots, not too
young, not too aged. We have known a pleasing sensation created by
the tasteful addition of a pair of yellow kid gloves ; but gloves of some
sort (excepting always Berlin) must be worn. Light Regent Street
cane, with just a few drops of jewellery. General demeanour, gentle
and vacant, that of the Hyde Park flaneur. A Gibus under the ami
combined with the sleepy insouciance of the Opera crush-room, and
freshly-curled hair, produces so prodigious an effect, that perhaps it
would be wise not to repeat it in the same place more than twice.
FREE DISCUSSION IN FRANCE.
The other day during one of the debates in the French assembly,
the members had been amusing themselves and abusing each other in
the usual form, when the President, after vainly trying to obtain order,
expressed his " wish that he had the Tower of London at his disposal,"
for if he had, "he would freely use it." This little fact is one of a
series of every day occurrence, all tending to illustrate the sort of
freedom of discussion that prevails in France, where even the members
of the Legislature are threatened with a state prison if they don't know
how to behave themselves. Everything may be very free just now
among our neighbours the French, but it is certainly much more free
than welcome to the great majority amongst them.
We are certainly without the boasted liberty of a republic in this
country, and we trust we may long continue so, when we find the fruits
of republican liberty to consist in laws against the press, restrictions on
the expression of opinion in any and every form, amounting to no less
than a menace of imprisonment to such members of the Legislature as
do not exactly conform to the notions of the President. We presume
that under a republic we should be having the Speaker of the House of
Commons regretting he had not a Bastile at hand as a safe depository
for some of the members, but intimating that Brixton is not far off, and
that they had better behave themselves.
fled," not " for safety and for succour," but for a fresh supply of cabs,
flies, and busses.
The invaders penetrated into the western portion of the city, and
taking up their quarters in the vicinity of Leicester Square, soon ex-
hausted all the provisions of the frugally supplied inhabitants. Famine
was rapidly setting in, when the timely aid of neighbouring butchers and
a friendly understanding with some outlying bakers, supplied the gap
that had been caused by the demands of the French incursionists. It
must be said to the credit of the invading party, that they honourably
paid for everything they took from the inhabitants.
Over Speculation.
Theke is some talk of erecting a building over Waterloo Bridge, but
we fear if the proprietors shoidd succeed in covering their bridge, they
will never cover their expenses. The projectors talk largely of profit,
but the scheme savours strongly of building castles in the air, which the
proposed pde will much resemble if it is ever thrown across the river.
The object is to furnish a very large room for the sale of fancy articles,
and we presume for the payment of fancy or imaginary dividends. We
wish success to any scheme the unfortunate proprietors may carry out
for the recovery of their lost funds, and we only hope they may find
their room more profitable than their company.
the cart before the house.
Hitherto, Members of Parliament have been accustomed to take
the oaths and their seats :—the former before the latter. But now that
the space allotted to each Member is so tight a fit, being from 16 to 20
inches each Member, you will have hon. gentlemen—if moderately stout
—taking their seats first and swearing afterwards.
it is the cause. it is the cause.
Many persons are continually asking the cause why there is absolutely
nothing doing in railways. Our answer is that it is impossible there can
be anything doing when everybody has been done.
77
GENTLEMEN'S FASHIONS FOE THE SEA-SIDE.
There are fashions for the Sea-side just in the same way as there are
fashions for the Opera, or for a wedding, or for a morning concert, or
for an evening party. These fashions are so broadly marked, that they
would produce the greatest consternation if worn anywhere else but at
the sea-side. A gentleman in sea-side costume, if seen walking down
Fleet Street, would be followed by a ragged regiment of little boys, and
saluted by the cads and conductors of every passing omnibus.
These fashions are distinguished by a kind cf easy laissez alter
maritime freedom and elegance. The trousers are ample, and flap about
like the sails of a ship. _ Straps are discarded. The chaussure is of a
slipper kind, so slippery that not unfrequently a shoe is left behind the
owner, imbedded in the sand. The fashionable colour is a buff, a colour
which causes the owner to be facetiously hailed by his acquaintance by
the name of buffer.
Chapeaux are rarely seen in the matinee. A straw hat of a nautical
OH WHERE, AND OH WHERE, IS THE AGED
TORTOISE GONE?
We have as yet seen no announcement of the appearance in public ol
the venerable tortoise who, it was expected, was about to make his
first appearance these hundred and ninety years in the Gardens of the
Zoological Society.
We cannot understand why the debut of this distinguished anima
has been delayed, unless it has been for the purpose of preventing any
interference with the "run" of the hippopotamus. We suspect that
the friends of the tortoise may have had something to do with the post-
ponement ; for the new candidate for public favour would in all proba-
bility be voted rather " slow " in a race with the sea-horse for the prize
of pubbc favour. Perhaps the tortoise may have not been able to come
to terms about a sufficiently permanent engagement to suit its very
longevital merit; for when we recollect that it is at present compara-
tively but " a young thing," though 190 years old, we cannot be sur-
shape and height, is the general ornament for the head. It is set off by I prised ?* }}S hAdng f?ims *? Tiake hay while,thei s}m ^fj, and to
a.black-band and under-lining, and, in windy weather, is fastened to the \ secur? m tne days of lts youth, the means of retreat for an old age that
right button-hole by a piece of green string.
The ties are also as free and as open as the sea. The throat is
a moitie dfcouvert, after the fashion of William, in Black-eyed Susan.
They are fastened in a loose knot, and the ends are allowed to coquet
(French style) with the idle breeze.
The shirts are very much after the counting-house ledger style. If
not ruled in red lines, they are in blue. The collars are large, and hang
down on the side a la poodle.
Waistcoats are not generally worn. The same remark applies to
braces ; or, if these latter are indulged in, they should be of a highly
floral decorative pattern, such as are exhibited for sale in tht Burlington
Arcade, but of course they must have been worked by the hand of
Love.
Coats are cut after the celebrated military shell-jacket pattern; that
is to say, without tails. They are like the coats worn by the gar cons in
the Erench cafes, but of course, without the accompanying napkin.
We have seen some of a light, grey, Portland stone couleur, but they
are too much a la mode of the footman in undress livery, and do not
look well, excepting on the back of a bold ferocious foreigner.
Walking sticks are vulgar. The prevailing substitute is - v ' f
telescope, sometimes fancifully slung round the neck by a black
sometimes playfully dangled in the main droite.
No gloves.
The walk must be of that quick, independent, springy step, the
peculiar gift of a captain walking his deck. The whole demeanour
seasoned with a dash of the salt which is found in the ocean.
The evening dress for the parade or the library is a frock-coat, of a
The words " Ereneh Invasion," used to be a bugbear, or rather a flea
in Engbsh ears, but we may now fairly say that the Invasion of England
by the French, has taken place under circumstances which the most
blustering of British bosoms would not rebel against. The invasion
may, in fact, be considered to be going on from week to week, though
one of the most dreaded instances happened a few days ago, when the
coast was invaded by no less than fourteen hundred French, who poured
into the Folkestone Railway Station, overrun the whole of the carriages,
and placed under contribution to their service the whole resources of the
South Eastern Company. On the arrival of the invading party at the
London Bridge Terminus, they deluged the platform, inundated the
colour not too gay, not too sombre, but a soft medium between the cab st^A' ?verflowed the omnibuses and pressed into their service
two, like an autumnal twilight. Trousers of a summer complexion, and ferything m the shape of a vehicle that was available The porters
promises to be rather durable.
We have not yet heard whether the day is fixed for the tortoise to
come out; but as two attractions can scarcely ever command success
at the same time, we should recommend either that the hippopotamus
should accept some provincial engagement, or that the tortoise should
go through a round of his performances in the country, previous to his
debut before a London audience. We have heard there will be some
difficulty in getting the hippopotamus, who is a good deal puffed up
with popular applause—to divide the " business " with the new comer,
who, on his part refuses flatly to appear as a sort of walking gentleman,
while the hippopotamus is doing all the light eccentric comedy of the
Regent's Park establishment.
THE FRENCH INVASION.
a well-assorted waistcoat, to keep them in a contented countenance.
Hat a la Kensington Gardens; and a pair of polished boots, not too
young, not too aged. We have known a pleasing sensation created by
the tasteful addition of a pair of yellow kid gloves ; but gloves of some
sort (excepting always Berlin) must be worn. Light Regent Street
cane, with just a few drops of jewellery. General demeanour, gentle
and vacant, that of the Hyde Park flaneur. A Gibus under the ami
combined with the sleepy insouciance of the Opera crush-room, and
freshly-curled hair, produces so prodigious an effect, that perhaps it
would be wise not to repeat it in the same place more than twice.
FREE DISCUSSION IN FRANCE.
The other day during one of the debates in the French assembly,
the members had been amusing themselves and abusing each other in
the usual form, when the President, after vainly trying to obtain order,
expressed his " wish that he had the Tower of London at his disposal,"
for if he had, "he would freely use it." This little fact is one of a
series of every day occurrence, all tending to illustrate the sort of
freedom of discussion that prevails in France, where even the members
of the Legislature are threatened with a state prison if they don't know
how to behave themselves. Everything may be very free just now
among our neighbours the French, but it is certainly much more free
than welcome to the great majority amongst them.
We are certainly without the boasted liberty of a republic in this
country, and we trust we may long continue so, when we find the fruits
of republican liberty to consist in laws against the press, restrictions on
the expression of opinion in any and every form, amounting to no less
than a menace of imprisonment to such members of the Legislature as
do not exactly conform to the notions of the President. We presume
that under a republic we should be having the Speaker of the House of
Commons regretting he had not a Bastile at hand as a safe depository
for some of the members, but intimating that Brixton is not far off, and
that they had better behave themselves.
fled," not " for safety and for succour," but for a fresh supply of cabs,
flies, and busses.
The invaders penetrated into the western portion of the city, and
taking up their quarters in the vicinity of Leicester Square, soon ex-
hausted all the provisions of the frugally supplied inhabitants. Famine
was rapidly setting in, when the timely aid of neighbouring butchers and
a friendly understanding with some outlying bakers, supplied the gap
that had been caused by the demands of the French incursionists. It
must be said to the credit of the invading party, that they honourably
paid for everything they took from the inhabitants.
Over Speculation.
Theke is some talk of erecting a building over Waterloo Bridge, but
we fear if the proprietors shoidd succeed in covering their bridge, they
will never cover their expenses. The projectors talk largely of profit,
but the scheme savours strongly of building castles in the air, which the
proposed pde will much resemble if it is ever thrown across the river.
The object is to furnish a very large room for the sale of fancy articles,
and we presume for the payment of fancy or imaginary dividends. We
wish success to any scheme the unfortunate proprietors may carry out
for the recovery of their lost funds, and we only hope they may find
their room more profitable than their company.
the cart before the house.
Hitherto, Members of Parliament have been accustomed to take
the oaths and their seats :—the former before the latter. But now that
the space allotted to each Member is so tight a fit, being from 16 to 20
inches each Member, you will have hon. gentlemen—if moderately stout
—taking their seats first and swearing afterwards.
it is the cause. it is the cause.
Many persons are continually asking the cause why there is absolutely
nothing doing in railways. Our answer is that it is impossible there can
be anything doing when everybody has been done.